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jack had left washington. he didn't have the day-to-day contact with his networks. so if grover vouched for him, then abramoff was fine. >> abramoff had gone home to los angeles, but returned to washington to work for a prominent firm, which announced his hiring by touting the lobbyist's ties to the republican national committee, the new leaders of the house, newt gingrich and tom delay, and the christian coalition now headed by his buddy ralph reed. but no one was more indispensable to abramoff than norquist. >> if it wasn't for his relation with grover norquist, jack abramoff would never have been able to become the super lobbyist that he came. and to charge the huge rates that he charged because he had this unique relationship with certain republican leaders. >> the hefty fees would enrich abramoff, who in turn would direct his clients to enrich the right-wing's political machine. one of those clients was the wealthiest gambling tribe in america, the mississippi choctaw. to keep their huge casino earnings from being taxed, the tribe needed help in washington. so
jack had left washington. he didn't have the day-to-day contact with his networks. so if grover vouched for him, then abramoff was fine. >> abramoff had gone home to los angeles, but returned to washington to work for a prominent firm, which announced his hiring by touting the lobbyist's ties to the republican national committee, the new leaders of the house, newt gingrich and tom delay, and the christian coalition now headed by his buddy ralph reed. but no one was more indispensable to...
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the unofficial view is that it's part of the washington deadlock. that in order to get successors through a senate, you have to have republican and democratic consent. and traditionally, the president has gone to the congressional leadership of both parties to get advice from them and get names from them of people to nominate. and what we're told is that's not happening. >> see, that -- >> the white house isn't asking, congress isn't giving, everyone is leaving this where it is. so, you know, if i were the obama administration, and i'm not, but i stand here watching this i would've made this a priority. >> there are several efforts underway to get a constitutional amendment that would reverse citizens united. where did -- what's your stand on that? >> well, i think talking about this issue is really important to a modern democracy. we need to recognize where we are. i think we need to recognize that we're in trouble and we need to make changes. constitutional amendment is like climbing mount everest. it's the hardest thing out there you could possib
the unofficial view is that it's part of the washington deadlock. that in order to get successors through a senate, you have to have republican and democratic consent. and traditionally, the president has gone to the congressional leadership of both parties to get advice from them and get names from them of people to nominate. and what we're told is that's not happening. >> see, that -- >> the white house isn't asking, congress isn't giving, everyone is leaving this where it is. so,...
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washington finally acts. but currently, the system is dysfunctional. it is a disaster. it is enormously wasteful. we need fundamental changes. >> do you look at the democratic leadership as your leadership? and if you do, doesn't that compromise you as an independent? >> i'm a compromised every day of my life. it's a hard life. you know, there are democrats, including harry reid, who are good friends of mine and who i work with. and there are other people in the democratic caucus, who on many issues are no different than republicans. so what you got to do is you do the best that you can. in terms of the fed, for example, the federal reform. we got into the financial reform bill, dodd-frank important language, which for the first time provided an audit of the fed so that we learned that $16 trillion was lent out to every major financial institution, et cetera, et cetera. so -- >> low-interest loans that they were getting. it wasn't just the bailout, right? it was the -- >> above and beyond the bailout. >> exactly, right. we're coming up on the fourth anniversary of the c
washington finally acts. but currently, the system is dysfunctional. it is a disaster. it is enormously wasteful. we need fundamental changes. >> do you look at the democratic leadership as your leadership? and if you do, doesn't that compromise you as an independent? >> i'm a compromised every day of my life. it's a hard life. you know, there are democrats, including harry reid, who are good friends of mine and who i work with. and there are other people in the democratic caucus,...
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it is literally a traffic circle in washington, d.c. how did he come in shaping the time he lives in? >> well, the point you raised earlier in your commentary is good for this book. this is a story about 12 people who we now know as monumental historical figures. but at the beginning of this story, they are very ordinary people. just like us. they are heir to all the failings and faults. >> you have developed a modesty that i do not remember, james. >> one does not think of frank -- of franklin roosevelt as being an ordinary man, yet all of his life he was terribly cash-strapped. >> as was churchill, by the way. >> absolutely. as for felix frankfurter, the great supreme court justice, and walter lippmann, the most influential political commentator of the 20th century, they all began in bachelor's boarding houses, or in apartments or, in the roosevelts' case, in a gift house given them, loaned to them by a cousin. >> boarding houses have died out. that is a pity because boarding houses, you created instant friends, salt the need for sing
it is literally a traffic circle in washington, d.c. how did he come in shaping the time he lives in? >> well, the point you raised earlier in your commentary is good for this book. this is a story about 12 people who we now know as monumental historical figures. but at the beginning of this story, they are very ordinary people. just like us. they are heir to all the failings and faults. >> you have developed a modesty that i do not remember, james. >> one does not think of...
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something very important, that they might more easily get what they wanted from state capitals than from washington, dc. so they started putting their money in places like raleigh, north carolina, nashville, tennessee, phoenix, arizona, and madison, wisconsin. that's because what happens in our state legislatures directly affects our taxes, schools, roads, the quality of our air and water -- even our right to vote. politicians and lobbyists at the core of this clever enterprise figured out how to pull it off in an organized, camouflaged way, covering their tracks while they put one over on an unsuspecting public. this is the story of how and why it worked. our report was many months in the making. it's a collaboration between tom casciato and kathleen hughes, the filmmakers at okapi productions and the schumann media center that i head. schumann supports independent journalism and public watchdog groups like the center for media and democracy, whose investigators have been tracking the footprints of alec, an organization hiding in plain sight, yet one of the most influential and powerful in america
something very important, that they might more easily get what they wanted from state capitals than from washington, dc. so they started putting their money in places like raleigh, north carolina, nashville, tennessee, phoenix, arizona, and madison, wisconsin. that's because what happens in our state legislatures directly affects our taxes, schools, roads, the quality of our air and water -- even our right to vote. politicians and lobbyists at the core of this clever enterprise figured out how...
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their ability to come up with better products, not based on an army of lobbyists that they send to washington or the amount of money they can put into politics to get their guy elected to office. >> you know, what i really dislike about the current campaign is this idea if you raise a question of corporate power that you're antibusiness. we're not antibusiness. we're simply saying that you need to have labor. y need to he ornized citizens given the same rights as corporations are now being given. the rights of free association are being limited while the rights of corporations are being enhanced. so that countervailing power, which was at the heart of an american politics and system, is being diminished and dismantled. so the fact that the federal district and appellate courts are deciding so much, and those have been so seriously already reshaped by bush, by the right. it's a long game that the right has played. and that it's not too late but it's almost too late -- >> you've been publishing about this. you've been writing about this for some time now. you both have seen this coming. you've
their ability to come up with better products, not based on an army of lobbyists that they send to washington or the amount of money they can put into politics to get their guy elected to office. >> you know, what i really dislike about the current campaign is this idea if you raise a question of corporate power that you're antibusiness. we're not antibusiness. we're simply saying that you need to have labor. y need to he ornized citizens given the same rights as corporations are now...
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lisa sylvester cnn washington-----end----- cnn.script----- get ready for rain. rain.steve tells us when showers could hit... next in the 7- day forecast. forecast. you're watching fox 45 good day baltimore. targeting america.new information on the violence at u-s embassies overseas...on
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